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αναίσθητος
unconscious (also: insensible, unfeeling) /a.ˈnes.θi.tos/
adjectiveC1#3138 most common
Also: numb, callous, anesthetized
Example sentences
Ο ασθενής είναι αναίσθητος.
The patient is unconscious.
Μετά το ατύχημα έμεινε αναίσθητος για λίγα λεπτά.
After the accident he stayed unconscious for a few minutes.
Τον έκαναν αναίσθητο με ένεση πριν την εγχείρηση.
They put him under with an injection before the surgery.
Είναι τελείως αναίσθητος στον πόνο των άλλων.
He is completely insensitive to other people's pain.
Η αδιαφορία του τον έκανε αναίσθητο απέναντι στα προβλήματα της κοινωνίας.
His indifference made him unfeeling toward society's problems.
Παρέμεινε αναίσθητος στις εκκλήσεις για βοήθεια, σαν να μην τον αφορούσε τίποτα.
He stayed unmoved by the appeals for help, as if none of it concerned him.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | αναίσθητος | αναίσθητοι |
| Genitive | αναίσθητου | αναίσθητων |
| Accusative | αναίσθητο | αναίσθητους |
| Vocative | αναίσθητε | αναίσθητοι |
Word family
αναισθησίαanesthesia, insensibility
αναισθητικόan anesthetic (substance)
αναισθητοποιώto anesthetize, to numb
αισθάνομαιto feel, to senseαίσθησηsensation, feelingEtymology
The word joins the negative prefix αν- ("without") to αισθητός, "perceptible," from the verb αισθάνομαι, "to perceive, to feel." Together they mean "without perception," hence "unconscious" in a medical sense and "unfeeling" in a moral one. The root of αισθάνομαι has no settled Indo-European derivation; some scholars treat it as a word Greek inherited from an earlier, non-Indo-European language of the region. English borrowed the same Greek root directly to form "anesthetic" and "aesthetic."
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